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Especially with the Assembly Minority Leaders performance among independent voters in the just-released Siena Research Poll. The statement:

“Today’s Siena Research Institute Poll is great news for Jim Tedisco. It’s what we expected – we have said all along this is going to be a competitive special election and will continue to be up until Election Day.

Meanwhile, the Siena poll shows Jim is in a very strong position. Jim has a ‘significant’ 14-point lead with Independents. This is extremely critical for this district and Scott Murphy cannot win without winning the majority of independent voters.

The Siena poll also shows that Jim Tedisco has an 11-point lead with women, which is very important. It also shows that Jim is winning every single age bracket. He is even winning 18 to 34 year-olds by 12 points. He is winning seniors by 13 points.

The Siena poll also shows that Jim Tedisco leads by 20 points in the largest portions of the 20th District. Additionally, the Siena poll indicates that Jim leads on 6 of the issues.

Jim Tedisco is in a very strong position but is taking nothing for granted. We have said all along this will be a competitive special election and the campaign will continue focusing on Jim Tedisco’s proven record of fighting for Upstate families and small businesses.”

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